Improved molasses-pitcher



initrd 5mm CHARLES REISVTLELYOF BROOKLYN, NEW YO'RK.

Letters Patent No. 87,201, dated Fatwa/ry 23, 1869-.

rMPRovnD MoLAssEs-PITCHER The Schedule 'referred to in theseLettex-s Patent and making pa'rt of the sama.

To all whom, it concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Rnrs'rnn, of Brooklyn,

county of Kings, State of New York, have invented a new and improvedMolasses-Pitcher; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact des cription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this speci-` cation, in which drawing'- Figure v1 represents avertical central section of this invention.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

.Similar letters indicateV corresponding parts.

This invent-ionv consistsl of the arrangement of an inclined tube, open at both ends, 'and extending from the spout of a molasses-pitcher 'into its interior, in such a manner that the drop which, in pouring molasses from the pitcher, invariably adheres to the spout, and usually runs down on the exterior of the pitcher, is sucked in through said tube, and returned to the interior of the pitcher as soon as th'e pitcher is brought in an upright position.

A represents a molasses-pitcher, made of metal, clay, or glass, or any other suitable material.

This pitcher is provided with a spout, G, and witha tube, B, which extends, in a slightly-.inclined position,

from the spout to the interior of the pitcher, as shown in iig. lofthe drawing.

The tube B has a perforation, b, at or about the middle of -ts length, in order to assist in the admission of air into the tube, which is necessary in consequence of the thickness of the molasses which ows through it'.

It is supported by the top-piece c of the front wall of the pitcher, which piece remains after the pitcher.

Vis cut out to form the opening which leads to the C, just above a ledge, D, communicating therewith.

This ledge projects upward and outward, so that the drop of molasses is guided at once to the tube.

When molasses is pouredout of the pitcher, and the pitcher is returned to an upright position, a drop adheres to the spout, and, in ordinary pitchers, this drop runs down at the outside of the pitcher, and soils the same, and also the table-cloth on which the pitcher stands. y

This diicultyis overcome by the application of the tube B. If my pitcher is retum'ed'toan upright position after some of its contents have been poured out, the drop adhering to the spout is sucked in through said tube, Vand prevented from soiling the' exterior of the pitcher or the table-cloth. y A, lip, or projection, a, at the inner end of the tube B, assists in carrying the drop back into the pitcher ,without fail.'

I do .not wish to undertake the explanation .of this action on scientific principles, and I will merely state that in a very large number of experiments made` with my pitcher, it never failed to draw in the drop, and the exterior of the pitchr can thus be kept clean Without truble.

Having thus described my invention, A What'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, isv y The cur-ved outwardly-projecting ledge D, on the spout O, in combination with the single tube B, com-` said spout and the front-wal1 partition c, and provided `withopening b, Whenthe parts are constructed and adapted to operate as herein represented and described, and for the purpose specified. v

This specification signed by me, this 15thday of January, 1868.-

Witnesses GHS REISTLE.

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

municating therewith. said tube being supported upon 

